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Steve_Cebu
Joined: Dec 17, 2009
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Re: Breaking the Jinx!
Reply #60 Jan 4, 2011 11:03 pm |
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Okay, I had a picture from Mid December on my phone, I posted it, so lets see how it turns out! This is when I returned from Toronto, my wife had hired a bobcat ,when she could not get the MTD to dig thru, hence the lumpy snow. To put things in perspective, the bottom of the front door is 4.5 feet above grade. The yard slops down to a swale, then back up to the road that I am sitting on. Notice little snow on the left side, this is because the contant wind forces us to blow to the right side. Your driveway isn't all that long about the size I have off of my long driveway. But that windblown snow is nasty. We had a ton of snow 3 years ago. The plow guy brought in a front end loader on a BIG tractor to move it. The snow at that time was up to the top of the roof of our house! Nice boat you have there, is it a bowrider?
"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England." "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."
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rubinew
Joined: Dec 30, 2010
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Re: Breaking the Jinx!
Reply #61 Jan 4, 2011 11:22 pm |
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Your driveway isn't all that long about the size I have off of my long driveway. But that windblown snow is nasty. We had a ton of snow 3 years ago. The plow guy brought in a front end loader on a BIG tractor to move it. The snow at that time was up to the top of the roof of our house! Nice boat you have there, is it a bowrider? The driveway is about 70 feet. 25 exposed aggregate, 25 feet of 1 inch gravel, then just gravel swale to road.
It is not the length, but the packed snow that kills us!! Only takes about a 2 foot high, 8 foot wide drift, across the driveway, and most vehicles are not getting out. Hard to get a run at it from inside the garage ;-) We are on the curve, so I keep the area in front cleared about 1/2 way into the swale, for extra parking space. The rest of the snow has been pushed to a green space, across from us. We asked the bobcat driver to push some there, to help block incoming snow drifts. The Boat, is a Maxum, yes it is a bowrider. 18ft, V6, my summer toy! :-)
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Steve_Cebu
Joined: Dec 17, 2009
Points: 888
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Re: Breaking the Jinx!
Reply #62 Jan 5, 2011 1:08 am |
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The driveway is about 70 feet. 25 exposed aggregate, 25 feet of 1 inch gravel, then just gravel swale to road. It is not the length, but the packed snow that kills us!! Only takes about a 2 foot high, 8 foot wide drift, across the driveway, and most vehicles are not getting out. Hard to get a run at it from inside the garage ;-) We are on the curve, so I keep the area in front cleared about 1/2 way into the swale, for extra parking space. The rest of the snow has been pushed to a green space, across from us. We asked the bobcat driver to push some there, to help block incoming snow drifts. The Boat, is a Maxum, yes it is a bowrider. 18ft, V6, my summer toy! :-)
Gravel driveways are such a PITA! We had one here years ago. What a nightmare to deal with especially with a plow. 70 feet is bigger than my section off of the main driveway but it's like 35+ feet wide.
You are lucky you can push it across the street at my parents house the neighbors did that and my parents couldn't park in the street at all. Maxum is a decent boat. an 18' is a good summer toy, not so good for the ocean tho. I sold my boat years ago. 2 things about boats 1) You always want a boat 2 feet bigger than the one you have 2) A boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into. I'd say your Yamaha will be a more practical toy than the boat but a lot slower. But less money poured into it.
"If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car, you live in New England." "If you can drive 75 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching, you live in New England."
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rubinew
Joined: Dec 30, 2010
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Re: Breaking the Jinx!
Reply #63 Jan 5, 2011 1:29 am |
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Gravel driveways are such a PITA! We had one here years ago. What a nightmare to deal with especially with a plow. 70 feet is bigger than my section off of the main driveway but it's like 35+ feet wide. You are lucky you can push it across the street at my parents house the neighbors did that and my parents couldn't park in the street at all. Maxum is a decent boat. an 18' is a good summer toy, not so good for the ocean tho. I sold my boat years ago. 2 things about boats 1) You always want a boat 2 feet bigger than the one you have 2) A boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into. I'd say your Yamaha will be a more practical toy than the boat but a lot slower. But less money poured into it. Hey Steve,
Yes, the gravel is a pain, once the developer is done with the swale and the road, I am going to see about putting a culvert down, and paving over the swale right up to the road. If not, then I'll put some crushed gravel, or something that will pack like cement. I will have to watch the Auger tilt on the new machine, don't want to start chugging a pile of gravel through a new machine! :-) Yes a boat is a fun toy, I am not near an Ocean, so no worries. I just got the boat in 2008, kids old enough, and we do the seasonal camping thing every weekend. I like the size of the boat, but like most guys on the water, I sometimes wish it was faster! hee hee Although, on the lake we visit, only maybe 3-5 days a summer it is calm enough to rip! Yes, the Yamaha will be the new toy, still waiting for a phone call. I have to go to Toronto tomorrow, till Saturday, but I gave the sales guy my cell phone #. He is only getting 3-4 in, and 2 are already sold. Seems the 928 is more popular than the 624, they had about 1/2 dozen 624s in the showroom.
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